Our Her-story and actions

Maria Barile, Dalphane Bently Dale, Irene Bours and Sybil Denis Murray founded the organisation in 1986.

Here are some of the collective action activities accomplished to date, and done so in a community context:

2006 – 2007

(march 2006)

Exposition - Show Telles qu’elles.
Held at Maison culturelle et communautaire de Montréal-Nord
Participation at the conference « Femmes d'exception » for UNESCO as invited by Réponses Initiatives Femmes Handicapées (RIFH)

2004 - 2005

Participated and presented at the ( 2005) programme québécois de dépistage du cancer du sein (PQSCS) - Montréal study session
Participated in the regional meeting of Regroupement intersectoriel des organismes communautaires de Montréal (RIOCM) on the topic: Place and role of community groups in the local area networks of services in collaboration with the new health and social services centers
Participated in the work of the committee of the Programme québécois de dépistage du cancer du sein (PQDCS)in partnership with the Table sur le dépistage du cancer du sein de Relais-Femmes et l’Équipe Cancer de la Direction de santé publique (DSP) de Montréal-Centre To ensure that the existing documents and the new tools of information be made accessible in alternative formats
Participation, in the Vancouver conference, "Women’s Rights and Freedoms: 20 years (in) Equality (pdf). Celebration of the 20th birthday of the of the application of article 15 of the Canadian Charter of the rights and freedoms
Participation in the human chain for the World March of Women in Quebec.
Two memoirs were submitted and presented, to the Social Affairs Commission in charge of studying: Proposed bill no 56; the bill revising the Law ensuring that persons with disabilities can exercise their Rights of the Quebec
The Policy On The. Towards a new social contract for the equality between women and men

From 2001 to 2003

Conducted an evaluation (research-action) on the accessibility of breast cancer research clinics for women with disabilities, in collaboration with the Table intersectorielle de Relais-femmes sur le dépistage du cancer du sein and the Cancer Team of Public Health Direction of Montréal-Centre.
Established the first Internet discussion forum accessible to all Francophone women with disabilities.
Worked with women of Dawn Ontario to increase the membership on the discussion forum.

2000

Participated in the World March for Women.

1996

Sensitized the Sexual Assault Center of McGill University to the needs of Deaf women. The center finally purchased a (TTY) phone device for Deaf people.

1994

Participation to the Quebec Development for women’s security Committee on violence and women with disabilities. Développement québécois pour la santé des femmes

From 1992 to 1995

Contributed to making the Bread and Roses March accessible to women with disabilities.

1992

Participation to the conference organized by the Office des personnes handicapées du Québec (OPHQ). The topic of women and disabilities was discussed for the first time, which developed into the appointment of a person responsible for the “women and disabilities” file at the Office des personnes handicapées du Québec (OPHQ).

1990

Contributed in the organisation of a conference by the DAWN Ontario
Presented at a meeting of the committee on violence towards women, created by Status of Women Canada.

Since 1987

Led the fight to make SOS violence conjugale accessible to Deaf women.

1985

Collaborated with DAWN Canada for the inclusion (for the first time) of people with disabilities in the 1986 census report of Statistics Canada.